PB Consultants - Help Wanted/ HIPAA

As for what I was looking for in consultants.....this is something I posted on PB's BBS earlier this month. (Limited response to date). (Also updated for progress made to date)

I have written (and own) software to extract the data from an ANSI X.12 835 Healthcare Remittance Advice; the original code mapped and extracted to a "flat" (text) file, with row 1 = column names, e.g.,

The software extracts the '835' into seven(7) files, and now extracts also to an Access(r) or CSV-text database through the MS-Access ODBC driver and the Microsoft "text file" ODBC driver.. It "should" work with any ODBC driver/DBMS combination, but I have not yet tested with the rest of the drivers I have installed.

In total honesty, I am doing this in the hopes of making (more than) a few bucks; but this has turned out to be a huge undertaking. Anyone who might be interested in doing some work and making a few bucks themselves is welcome to contact me. I have the ANSI translation, the mapping engine and the "fundamental" database interface; what this project could really use is someone who can design/code useful screens (queries) and reports,.

I am currently doing all this work in PB/DLL v 6.0, using SDK-style coding and not terribly interested in doing portions of this in DDT.

If any "tech" consultants know people in the healthcare industry who could provide "user insight" I would be interested in speaking with them as well.

The HIPAA is driving this. If you don't understand that, you're probably not a good candidate (technical or non-technical consultant). If you've seen the FISS PC-PRINT software, and think it's worth only slightly more than what providers pay for it (zero) you might be perfect. If you've seen the PC-PRINT FRONT END software shipped by at least one FI (about 2000 copies at last count), you've seen my work. (Click on 'HELP/ABOUT' if you don't believe me).

If you include a phone number in your e-mail reply, PLEASE tell me where you are or what time zone you are in. I used to know where about 90% of the area codes in the country were, but now there are just too many.

Regards, ------------------ Michael Mattias Racine WI USA

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:45:54 GMT

Stan Helto#2 / 2

PB Consultants - Help Wanted/ HIPAA

ok, i don't know what HIPAA is, but i'm a fast learner, and i work with PB/DOS, PB/DLL, and PB/CC.... have copies of all latest PB compilers... am a health care professional (hospital nurse, industrial nurse, workers comp, home health)... if you're still looking, i'm very interested in your project.

Stan Helton p.s. i do private in home PC consulting for individuals who can't handle their own computers. :)

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> As for what I was looking for in consultants.....this is something I posted > on PB's BBS earlier this month. (Limited response to date). (Also updated > for progress made to date)

> I have written (and own) software to extract the data from an ANSI X.12 835 > Healthcare Remittance Advice; the original code mapped and extracted to a > "flat" (text) file, with row 1 = column names, e.g.,

> The software extracts the '835' into seven(7) files, and now extracts also > to an Access(r) or CSV-text database through the MS-Access ODBC driver and > the Microsoft "text file" ODBC driver.. It "should" work with any ODBC > driver/DBMS combination, but I have not yet tested with the rest of the > drivers I have installed.

> In total honesty, I am doing this in the hopes of making (more than) a few > bucks; but this has turned out to be a huge undertaking. Anyone who might be > interested in doing some work and making a few bucks themselves is welcome > to contact me. I have the ANSI translation, the mapping engine and the > "fundamental" database interface; what this project could really use is > someone who can design/code useful screens (queries) and reports,.

> I am currently doing all this work in PB/DLL v 6.0, using SDK-style coding > and not terribly interested in doing portions of this in DDT.

> If any "tech" consultants know people in the healthcare industry who could > provide "user insight" I would be interested in speaking with them as well.

> The HIPAA is driving this. If you don't understand that, you're probably not > a good candidate (technical or non-technical consultant). If you've seen the > FISS PC-PRINT software, and think it's worth only slightly more than what > providers pay for it (zero) you might be perfect. If you've seen the > PC-PRINT FRONT END software shipped by at least one FI (about 2000 copies at > last count), you've seen my work. (Click on 'HELP/ABOUT' if you don't > believe me).

> If you include a phone number in your e-mail reply, PLEASE tell me where you > are or what time zone you are in. I used to know where about 90% of the area > codes in the country were, but now there are just too many.